Hemingway is a relaxed
southern town with a heritage of cotton and tobacco farming.
It's known for winning teams. Tupperware is a leader in industry in
South Carolina and is known world-wide for its products. Global
distribution headquarters are located here. Some agricultural-based
industries in the area are House of Raeford (poultry products), W. B.
Roddenberry (pickle cucumbers), Hemingway Locker Plant (meat
processing), and various cotton gins.

KudzuKnown as "the vine that ate the South,"
kudzu is very much present in Hemingway. The vine is not all bad,
however. It is very pretty, it feeds our pollinators in late
summer when there is not much feed available for them, and it has quite
a few uses. It can be used as a food, for medicinal purposes, or for
basket weaving.The
Amazing Story of Kudzu

Copyright
2002 David L. Green Use without
permission prohibited November 8,2002Shark's
TeethFound at Indiantown approximately 10 feet below ground,
in dug material from a pond, position thought to be at the surface of the Black Mingo formation, or possibly the Pee Dee
formation.

The "Good Ole Days" weren't...

Gone
are the days of blisters and sore backs from picking cotton. The cotton
harvest in South Carolina is the "New Fashioned" way...with a
cotton picker that doesn't have aches and pains.

Hemingway's
annual BBQ-Shag Festival: Held in
April each year, it features the barbecue cookoff, shagging (the state
dance), local foods, crafts, carnival rides and much more. Thousands come from the eastern
United States for some mighty good eating, music, dance, and games. If
you haven't been to a southern "pig pickin'," y'all don't know
barbeque.

County Line Rodeo
is held twice a year at the County Line Arena, just 8 miles south of
town. For info call
Gerald Pope: 558-7320

Things are popping at Caring
and Sharing,
a local group that helps Seniors on fixed incomes, and other folks in
emergency
situations. See what's
happening lately. It's a great place to volunteer!

It is little known that the Hemingway area is also the honeybee capital
of South Carolina. From Hemingway and the Pee Dee area, a number
of beekeepers supply honeybees for pollination
of millions of dollars worth of watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupes,
squash, kiwifruit, apples, peaches and other crops that need bees.
South Carolina and Florida provide the two main wintering grounds for
east coast migratory beekeepers, which are vital to America's food
supply.

Too
Poor to Travel? You
can make a virtual visit anywhere in the world, hear local music, see
nice photos, and get
all kinds of info at Jan
Kirsten's world tour
page in Holland. And, yes, Hemingway is on the tour!